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Originally Posted by Cheese
That must be a first!
Both you and the snake should read Cows post above...
I don't think it's fair to repeat the cliché about Islam being a religion of peace — no major religion, if you study its history, is very peaceful or very tolerant. When religion starts being anything other than a personal pastime, it becomes threatening.
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Like a lot of things, Cheese. European football has been threatening and deadly. Communism is deadly, quail hunting is threatening. Working in a post office in the US is threatening. Politics is threatening and deadly. The point is that you pick religion out of a lot of things that people can become fanatical about. Why don't we ban sports to ensure there are no more sporting event related riots? Why don't we ban governments so they can't force us into war for a political or economic gain? There are good sides to both of those things, that's why. Just like there is much good that has come out of religion as well.